Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Miserable users

This modification is no longer available or supported.

The ever popular "miserable users" hack for vb 3.6. Basically a way to really annoy anyone you don't want visiting your forum. This version is based on the vb 3.5 version. Credit to Zzed, and KuraFire for the pre 3.5 versions.

When classed as miserable, a member suffers ;

1. Slow response (time delay) on every page (20 to 60 seconds default).
2. A chance they will get the "server busy" message (50% by default).
3. A chance that no search facilities will be available (75% by default).
4. A chance they will get redirected to another preset page (25% & homepage by default).
5. A chance they will simply get a blank page (25% by default).
6. Post flood limit increased by a defined factor (10 times by default).
7. If they get past all this okay, then they will be served up their proper page.

Note: All the above options are set in the vBulletin Options.

To install this hack simply download the xml file to your pc and then import it into vbulletin as a product - then create your 'miserable users' usergroup and set the value of this group, and your preferred other settings, in the hacks settings area (vBulletin Oprions > Miserable Users). To make a member suffer just edit their profile to add them to the miserable users group (it will work as either the primary group or as a secondary group).


History:

v2.10 - First vb 3.6 version, minor changes to code.
v2.11 : Dependancies updated for 3.6.0 Gold.
v2.12 : Updated for Version Checking.

[Jim O]

First intall!

[Atakan KOC]

Thanks Paul M

[Snake]

Yay finally this has been ported over to 3.6.

Thanks Paulie!

[Yorixz]

What a wonderful plugin, I tried it on a few of my fellow admins, and they got pissed off quite fast - it works like a champ.

It looks like the response delays are multiplied or so, it sometimes took up to two minutes for me until the damned page loaded

[FleaBag]

My first time with a miserable users hack! Thanks for the release Paul.

[MGM]

I currently have the 3.5 version installed and it seems to be working properly... any reason I should upgrade immediately if there were no feature enhancements?

MGM out

[utw-Mephisto]

w00t

[amnesia623]

sweet

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by MGM

I currently have the 3.5 version installed and it seems to be working properly... any reason I should upgrade immediately if there were no feature enhancements?

Nope, not really.